Sudbury graphic design student displays work

Morning North4:55Book designed for kids of LGBT parents

Using graphic design to inspire and surprise... That was the assignment for Cambrian College's graphic design grad class. Jessica Lambe used her designs skills to create a book for children of LGBT parents, that deals with the issue of bullying.

Cambrian College's graphic design graduating class will highlight their work Thursdaynight in Sudbury, as students have been tasked to take on a problem and offer solutions through design.

One of those students is Jessica Lambe.

She said she noticed in book stores, there weren't a lot of options for children that dealt with the topic of same sex relationships.

"If there were books, they were either outdated or there wasn't that much of a supply," she said.

"You'd have to rely with going online and sometimes even those books don't cut it."

As part of her final project, she decided to create a series of books for children that deal with the topic of same sex relationships.

"I decided that I would tackle issues, like if the child was getting bullied at school and how that child could stand up for themselves if they needed to," she said.

The book features characters that are monsters without a specific gender, she said.

"You've got to do something interesting and fun and that's where the design part comes into it," she said.

Her book has two characters one named Max and the other Marvin who have a conflict at school.

"Max is just like any other kid even though he's got two moms," she said.

The conflict eventually leads to a solution, and Max stands up for himself in a positive way.

Lambe has given out the book to children to read and so far, the feedback has been positive.

"The parents I've shown the book to, they think the copy writing is perfect to be able to read it to a young child themselves, and then once the child is older, they still want to read it for themselves."

Lambe said other projects fromstudentsin her class include developing apps dealing with health issues, a project to get more information on locally sourced meat, apps to help people get out of the wilderness and help with employment.

The work will be displayed Thursday at 7 p.m.at theFuze Nightclub in Sudbury. All ages are welcome.